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The black belts of Knoxville Uechi-Ryu represent years of dedicated training, continued study, and commitment to preserving and passing on the traditions of Uechi-Ryu Karate.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Michael McGee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hachidan – <\/em>Hanshi<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Steven Gower<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yondan – Shihan of RTP Karate<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dave Flynn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yondan<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mike Bass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sandan<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Megan Gower<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nidan<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Billy Bidwell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shodan<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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John Perrone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shodan<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dave Robison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shodan<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Black Belt Candidate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shodan Candidate<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Black belt is not the end of training.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Uechi-Ryu, earning a dan rank represents a deeper commitment to continued study, refinement, and responsibility within the dojo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The black belts of Knoxville Uechi-Ryu represent years of dedicated training, continued study, and commitment to preserving and passing on the traditions of Uechi-Ryu Karate. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okknoxville.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}